DIY Shiny Alolan Meowth Plushie + Shiny Alolan Meowth Pokemonbound

 

As some of you may know, the Kanto region Meowth is my favorite Pokemon.  I'm still trying for a shiny Kanto Meowth, but I was lucky enough recently to catch a shiny Alolan Meowth.  Alolan Meowth is pretty cool too, so once I caught it, I knew I wanted to make an Alolan Meowth plushie to match, as well as an Alolan Meowth cosplay.  I ended up using the same Meowth ears template for my shiny Alolan Meowth that I used for my Kanto Meowth, so I won't be doing a separate post on that, but if you want to make your own shiny Alolan Meowth ears, you can use the template in this Meowth Pokemonbounding post and the Meowth color scheme in the post you are reading now.

First up, I have some pictures of my shiny Alolan Meowth look.  After that, I'll show you how I made my plushie.

Shiny Alolan Meowth Look

Here is my Meowth look, complete with my Meowth plushie and an AR photo of my in-game shiny Alolan Meowth.  My romper and shoes aren't quite the right color, so I'll have to keep my eyes out for periwinkle blue clothes, but I had fun with this look anyway, and on the whole, I'm happy with it.

And here's Meowth being ultra cute.

One last picture for good measure.  I'm trying to hold my hand like Meowth holds her paw.

DIY Shiny Alolan Meowth Plushie

Materials:

*Periwinkle blue felt
*Purple felt
*Black felt
*White felt
*Scissors
*Periwinkle blue headband (or one that matches your hair color)
*Fabric glue or all purpose adhesive
*Gold cardstock

*Pillow stuffing

*Blue thread

*Sewing needle

Directions:

*Print out a couple of copies of the Alolan Meowth template given below:

*Cut out the following pieces: Two copies of Meowth's body and head from periwinkle blue felt (one front piece and one back piece), four arm pieces from periwinkle felt (two front and two back), four leg pieces from periwinkle felt (two front and two back), two tail pieces from periwinkle felt (one front and one back), two ear shapes from black felt, two inner ear shapes from purple felt, two eye shapes from white felt, two pupil and lid pieces from black felt, one mouth from black felt, two teeth from white felt, one tip of tail piece from purple felt, two tip of feet pieces from purple felt, and a coin shape from gold cardstock.  Here is what all of these pieces look like when cut out:

*Glue the inner ear pieces onto the outer ear pieces.  Since my Meowth is going to live on a shelf, gluing seemed appropriate, but if you are planning on actively using your plushie, or making it for someone who will actively use it, in the steps where I glue, you'll want to sew.

*Glue the pupil and lid pieces to the eye pieces.

*Glue the tip of tail to one of the tail pieces.

*Glue the tip of feet pieces to two of the feet pieces

*Cut a long, thin strip of black felt and cut it into segments.  Glue those segments to the coin shape to create the coin details (see picture in the next step).

*Glue the face pieces and coin onto the head.  At this stage, these are the pieces you should have glued or sewed together:

*Now it's time to start sewing the appendages together.  Place two arms wrong sides together and sew using a blanket stitch, leaving an opening for stuffing.  Stuff and sew closed, and repeat the process with the other arm.

*Place two feet pieces wrong sides together and sew using a blanket stitch, leaving an opening for stuffing.  Stuff and sew closed.  Repeat the process for the other foot.

*Place the tail pieces wrong sides together and sew, using a blanket stitch.  The tail can be tricky to stuff with how thin and curvy it is, so you can either sew the pieces together without stuffing, or stuff and sew closed.  At this stage, you should have these pieces stuffed and sewn together:

*Now it's time to start assembling Meowth.  Sandwich the appendages and ears between the front and back parts of Meowth's head and torso.  Sew around the edge with a backstitch, leaving an opening for stuffing.  After sewing but before stuffing, Meowth should look something like this:

*Stuff and sew closed.

*I left Meowth's whiskers for last, gluing the front and back pieces together.  However, you could also trim the whiskers from the back piece for Meowth, since the whiskers don't really need reinforcement.